In a Mother's Eyes, by Thothmes (G)
Rec Category: Pre-series
Categories: Teal'c, Jack, Daniel, Sam, original characters, five things
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: thothmes
Author's Website: unknown
Link: In a Mother's Eyes
Why This Must Be Read: Here's an insta-rec for you all: a simply gorgeous five (well, four) things that looks at classic SG-1 from the perspective of their mothers. I love the way Thothmes shows us the hints of each character's passions and personalities, and the mothers that nurture these wonderful children and help shape them into the people they eventually become. This is a love letter not only to Teal'c and Jack and Daniel and Sam, but also to mothers everywhere.
She looked down at her daughter, with her long flaxen hair, and her scattering of pale freckles across her straight, fine, child's nose and cheekbones, and tried to imagine her in a world of big, tough men in uniform, in Jacob's world. She couldn't imagine it, couldn't see why she would want to, but then she remembered their trip to Johnson Space Center when they'd taken that family trip to Houston, and the wonder and joy on Sam's face as she looked through the grubby finger-smudged glass at an actual moon rock. She imagined her stepping off onto Mars, that same look of wonder and delight lighting up her face behind the glassed-in helmet.
She hoped she'd never have to see that, sitting in her living room, staring at grainy pictures sent back to Earth from unimaginably far away, living in fear until Samantha was once again home, safe, earthbound once more. That would be just as terrible as sending Jacob or Mark off to war, worse because if anything went wrong, she would get to watch it, helpless to act, helpless to keep her safe.
Roots and wings! she reminded herself. Roots and wings, children need roots and wings. Her daughter wanted to fly, needed to fly. She would not hold her back.
"You talk to your dad, sweetie," she said. "Get him to help you make a plan. If anyone has the brains and the determination to be the first woman to walk on another planet, it's you Samantha. It's you."
Categories: Teal'c, Jack, Daniel, Sam, original characters, five things
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: thothmes
Author's Website: unknown
Link: In a Mother's Eyes
Why This Must Be Read: Here's an insta-rec for you all: a simply gorgeous five (well, four) things that looks at classic SG-1 from the perspective of their mothers. I love the way Thothmes shows us the hints of each character's passions and personalities, and the mothers that nurture these wonderful children and help shape them into the people they eventually become. This is a love letter not only to Teal'c and Jack and Daniel and Sam, but also to mothers everywhere.
She looked down at her daughter, with her long flaxen hair, and her scattering of pale freckles across her straight, fine, child's nose and cheekbones, and tried to imagine her in a world of big, tough men in uniform, in Jacob's world. She couldn't imagine it, couldn't see why she would want to, but then she remembered their trip to Johnson Space Center when they'd taken that family trip to Houston, and the wonder and joy on Sam's face as she looked through the grubby finger-smudged glass at an actual moon rock. She imagined her stepping off onto Mars, that same look of wonder and delight lighting up her face behind the glassed-in helmet.
She hoped she'd never have to see that, sitting in her living room, staring at grainy pictures sent back to Earth from unimaginably far away, living in fear until Samantha was once again home, safe, earthbound once more. That would be just as terrible as sending Jacob or Mark off to war, worse because if anything went wrong, she would get to watch it, helpless to act, helpless to keep her safe.
Roots and wings! she reminded herself. Roots and wings, children need roots and wings. Her daughter wanted to fly, needed to fly. She would not hold her back.
"You talk to your dad, sweetie," she said. "Get him to help you make a plan. If anyone has the brains and the determination to be the first woman to walk on another planet, it's you Samantha. It's you."